Antagonist Supersets | Day #100 WellFit 365

Antagonist Supersets : Another Great Overload technique

Supersets are a great way to add variety and intensity to your workouts without having to add more resistance to your lifts. They are also an excellent the make great use of your time at the gym and pack a lot of volume into a short space of time.

Antagonist supersets are when you perform 2 exercises consecutively without rest, working opposing muscle groups.

For example, you perform a bicep exercise and then move straight on to a tricep movement.

There is a phenomenon in exercise called <a href=”http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reciprocal_inhibition>reciprocal inhibition</a> which means that opposing muscle groups cannot contract at the same time. While one contracts the other must rest. It is for this reason that antagonist supersets work great.

Good examples of this would be bench press supersetted with bent over rows, or leg extensions with leg curls, bicep curls with tricep pulldowns.

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